Redazione

CCEE

Un tempo di incontro, di comunione e di scambio di informazione sulla vita delle Chiese in Europa”. Così il card. Jean-Pierre Ricard, arcivescovo di Bordeaux e vice presidente del Ccee ha presentato ai giornalisti l’assemblea plenaria del Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa che dal 1 al 4 ottobre sta riunendo a Parigi 33 presidenti delle […]

PRIMA PAGINA

Occorre stabilire una “giusta” distinzione tra Chiesa e Stato ma non “separare la Chiesa dalla vita sociale e culturale” di un Paese. A sottolinearlo è stato papa Benedetto XVI in un messaggio ai presidenti delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa riuniti dal 1 al 4 ottobre a Parigi per la sessione plenaria del Ccee. Tema e filo […]

IRELAND

“Fifty murders each year over the past two years. The problem of violence in Ireland is not to be overlooked”, the Irish Bishops’ Conference press office told SIR Europe. Indeed, this was the theme the seminar held a few days ago in the Mater Dei Institute in Dublin. “The encounter, inspired by the 2008 document […]

POLAND

On September 29 a delegation of Orthodox religious from Moscow’s Patriarchate concluded their visit to Poland. The visit took place on the invitation of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (KEP) and was arranged in conjunction with the Polish Orthodox Church. The religious belong to the Monastery of San Nil, located on the small Stolobnyi island in […]

UNIVERSITY

The annual meeting of the national delegates for pastoral work in universities of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences was held in Porto, Portugal, 25 to 27 September 2009. On the invitation of the President of the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference, Msgr. Jorge Da Costa Ortiga, archbishop of Braga, the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences -CCEE – promoted the […]

COMECE

“An opportunity for reflection on the challenges of solidarity in Europe, notably within the European Union”, Msgr. Piotr Jarecki, auxiliary bishop of Warsaw and vice-President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the European Community (COMECE – www.comece.eu.), thus defined the first Catholic Social Days for Europe promoted by COMECE in conjunction with the […]

CCEE

A time of encounter, communion and exchange of information on the life of the Churches in Europe”: that’s how Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, Archbishop of Bordeaux and Vice-President of the CCEE, presented to journalists the plenary assembly of the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE), which is meeting in Paris from 1 to 4 […]

FRONT PAGE

A “just” distinction needs to be drawn between Church and State, but that does not mean “separating the Church from social and cultural life”, says Pope Benedict XVI in a message sent to the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe now meeting in Paris for the plenary session of the CCEE (Council of European […]

European Partnership for Action against Cancer The “European Partnership for Action against Cancer” is focused on “bringing together all relevant organisations, sharing information” and best practices to fight to fight cancer, with a “main goal: a 15% reduction in new cases in the EU by 2020”. The European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, together with […]

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

New faces at the Palais Berlaymont, headquarters of the European Commission, while the team of José Manuel Barroso remains committed on various fronts (economy, environment, health, consumer protection, transport). The most urgent task is that of aid to the regions recently struck by natural disasters: after the typhoons in the Philippines and Vietnam and the […]